The Louisiana Democrat. [volume] (Alexandria, La.) 1845-1918, 1887-10-26
THE REPUBLICANS.
usfunG OF THE CLANS TO SECURE
HARMONY.
nd. Minor Committee Ask for Confer
ence-They Want State Convention
Called and Ticket Nominated.
- nrleans imes.Democrat.

Wsanesday, Cen A. S. Badger presiding and
william yigers secretary.
The presiding officer asked that the roll be
called.
r. IVES reached objection was made By ".
D Smith, of st. Landry, to his being placed
an the roll, for the reason that he had simply
boan appointed by the chair 10 fill the va
concv made by the death of the Hol. Michael
Habp. and had not been regularly elected.
Msior Hero's name WAS passed and his seat
;,p referred to a committee to be afterward
acted upon.
When the reading of the roll had been
completed it was announced that twenty
eipht members had answered to their names,
and that a quorum was present.
The following members were present: J.
NJ yanca, John Ramon. Pat. Creagh. Ed.
R garwis c G. +. brown, ". B. Smith, J. j.
s aflH1s G. 4. Roxborongh, r. 8. johnson,
s. ": Green a v.I r. Bum, 9; l. Hin e
Hsynes tproxy), 9. Morgan John Lowery
sSszscn j. Pe!sgSy l. s BadeaF Faf s
Pinchbsek,, r, Henry Denas (pr91D, e. 7.
Dsmss, Frank Morey. J. T. Polly proxy,
] o. Berhei, c. E. Bibbs, c. L. Glaudin, 2.
Bsehtel proxy. Thomas q. Cage, Victor
Rochon. 7. T. Allan. L. Senegal William
Pitt Kellogg.
The following committee on credentials
was appointed: W. b. Smith. of st. Mary:
P.J. Sullivan, OF Ascension: c. T. Brown, OF
Jefferson: Andrew Hero, Jr., OF Orleans,
and Vance, OF Orleans.
motion to take e recess for fifteen min
,ltes was lost.
At This iuncture Mr.. Fl. c. Minor, repre-
senting the Liberal Republican committee,
,lo,,i llaIf hot q too #
ference BE appointed to meet his committee
with yieT OF harmomzing existing differ
On motion of T. B. Stamps the following
committee WAS appointed: Z. L. Bechtel, of
Orleans: Victor Rochon, Of ST. Martin; 7. F.
HerWig, OF Orleans: 7. Landry, OF Ascen-
sion: Johnson, of Terrebonne: Gen. -Ander-
son, Of st. Landry, and w. Z. Kellogg, Of
Sc Mary.
At this time a recess for fifteen minutes
was taken.
The committee on credentials reported at
3 D. H., Ieco amending that the following
neIned persons be seated as members OF the
fifth district: MessrS. Young, IaiIaferro
y and Yell.
Quite fight was made as against David
Young, Of Concortia, by Green, OF Tensas,
and others, who insisted that Young htd
signed document calling upon Nichols to
be candidate for Governor. and that be
was Il Nichols man out and out. = was fur
Their stated thsa Young had, been elected
reason that he had been defaul.er to the
St0te.
The report of the committee or credentials
was. however, finally adopted, and Young
and bis cpafrcFcS seated.
The following proposition was made by
the Minor committee which, WAS read, and
on motion, ordered to b6 taken up and
passe by section3:
Il. That State convention be called by
the JOINT committees, ana that the call be
signed by tie presiding officers Of each.
- That the apportionment be enc dele
gate for every 200 votes for Blaine and
Logan, p divided that no parish, or ward of
New Orleans, shall have less than .wo votes.
IS. That no proxy be recognized except
from residents OF the parish,
~. That the convention be called to order
] by the chairman OF the committees.
80. That q committee of fourteen be ap-
pointed, that snail elect Their own chairman.
the fifteenth man, and they are TO report the
Toll OF the committee of theconFentlen.'
Upon the reading of the above the confer
ence committee was discharged from further
duty.
THE EVENING SESSION.
The committee met at p. M, o quorum
being present 49,
to the effect that the several parishes
throughout the State, including Orleans, be
hereby instructed to reorganlzs, the parish
committees, and that such parish committee
meetings shall be held III the different wards
III each parish between the list and 18th Of
January. 1888.
The above resolution was lost.
:. Ghe resolution offered by J. Nj. Vance to
the effect TINT the election for delegates to
the convention be held under the auspices of
the regular parish organization in the
parishes and different wards of Orleans, as
recognized by the committee, was lost.
On motion of Henry Deinas, it WAS resolved
to call Republican State convention for the
23d of January, 1883, at 12 m., II the City
of New Orleans for the purpose of nonli-
mating . State ticket; etc.
The following resolution was offered:
BE " 7'esolrpd, That the respective parish
committees of the State shall on or before
the fifteenth day of January. 1888. cause
the election Of delegates to the said coayen-
yention. provided that in no case shall any
delegate to the sSid convention be appointed
by any executive committee ct any parish or
ward in NeN Orieana."
The above was passed with the following
{ pruviso: Fat'
Provided that where organizations as
present existing, recognizing the iiepuhlican
!. wing OF the party rs represented by air.
Minor: shnll, on application, be given repre-
senfation IT the primary electiop.H ,s
:, Aksr some discussion the proposition of
The Miner committee, with all Its sections,
awas adopted.
'RcSe5csd. That the credentials shall be
forwarded to the secretary of this committee,
and that the chairman of boil, committees
shall convene their respective committees in
JOINT session TO pass over saIa creden tlals.
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FL ~ 70 t,ia ~ We saa
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" 9,Ss,deilt atiu setLetafy "a ,'ie ieiisiai
presidents and secretaries OF the respective
Carried
Tha reafgnation of IT. II, Allain as A.
member of the State Replblican Central
Executive Committee was read and referred.
The following rrgoIufions we've fiihd.
Whereas. II has bppn fYrnVpn TN the Sa tiS-
fnction ns The Republican State Central Ex-
ecutNe Committee OF Louisiana that Messrs.
i. 7. Ailain, J. s. Davidson anu Charles 8.
Roxborough, members OF thIs committee,